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First Byte Night Swansea is a Success!
Olivia Hoskins • October 9, 2019
Philtronics sleep out in support of Action for Children
How did we become involved with Byte Night Swansea?
Inspired by his first sleep out in Cardiff last year, Simon Pritchard (Managing Director) was extremely keen to bring Byte Night to Swansea for the first time this year and decided to join the Board.
Reaching our target was made possible thanks to a fantastic effort from everyone...
At Philtronics, we managed to exceed our £6.5K fundraising target last Friday!
The generosity shown by our suppliers, business contacts & local businesses was incredible. Thank you all for donating amazing prizes towards our Byte Night raffle. We sold close to 5,000 tickets!
We didn't stop there! Everyone at Philtronics helped in their own way. From buying and selling raffle tickets, baking delicious pies, cakes & shortbread for our bake sales, having their legs waxed (thank you boys!) and providing crochet scarves to keep the team members warm on the night.
Thank you all for getting involved, what a team!
Inspiration and Outstanding Generosity
Our links with the Ospreys Rugby & Ospreys in the Community helped tremendously. Everyone could see the benefit of running the first Swansea event. With a total of 96 sleepers and an individual fundraising target of £500, there is a £48K potential total. 80% will go directly to the Ospreys in the Community!
Kyle's story on the night was very touching, explaining to us all just how much the charity has helped him through difficult times. Listening to Caryl from Action for Children as she explained the various ways she and her team support young children throughout South Wales was an eye opener and reinforced exactly why we had all worked so hard to support this charity.
Thanks also to Paul Whapham & his Team at the Ospreys for all their hard work. It was great to hear about the Ospreys initiatives throughout the region!
Our Chosen Charity
Byte Night Swansea was our first team event. Being involved with Action for Children at Board level, it makes complete sense for us to carry on supporting this amazing charity going forward.
Our commitment will not stop with Byte Night 2019.
We have decided to organise monthly fundraising events internally. At least 8 of us will take part in the Tough Runner Swansea Epic 10K next May and other staff members are planning to walk up Pen Y Fan!
It is clear to see that as a team, we can achieve amazing things! It has been inspiring to see such enthusiasm among the team and the community spirit has clearly shone through.
We are very keen to get as many people involved as possible for such a great cause.
If you would like to get involved as a business or individual, please get in touch.
Once again we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our fundraising efforts. The generous donations from you all and time dedicated to helping our campaign made reaching our target possible and we couldn't have done it without you!
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Philtronics Solutions was formed in 2018 and is the sister company to Philtronics Limited. Philtronics Solutions is a technology development company that offers smart innovation, from concept to delivery. We offer electronic and firmware design services through to design for manufacturing. Philtronics Solutions is committed to developing and supporting sport in Wales.
